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New York Scrap Yard

Gershow Recycling - a sprawling 40 acre scrap yard in Long Island, NY. In just one day, this family run business will destroy three million pounds of scrap -- including as many as 500 cars and 20 city buses - to create a multi-million dollar mound of steel. This family of scrap connoisseurs has only 10 hours to get the job done. They must supply their monster shredder with a continuous lunch of discarded metal. But in the face of a volatile ferrous and non-ferrous metal market, will Gershow come out on top?

English
  • Originally Aired May 4, 2011
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network National Geographic
  • Notes Is a season finale
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